Australian soldiers operations on Tarakan island in Borneo, Indonesia during World War 2. Australian crew loads shells and fires an 80 mm mortar. An Australian Matilda tank and infantrymen advance along a jungle road. Australian soldiers throw grenades and fire Owen Gun submachine guns (Owen Machine Carbine) and rifles into enemy targets in the jungle from the road as they advance.
Australian operations on Tarakan island in Borneo, Indonesia during World War II. An Australian Matilda tank and infantrymen advance along a jungle road. Australian soldiers throw grenades and fire Owen Gun submachine guns and rifles into the jungle from the road as they advance. Side view closeup of an Australian soldier firing a Owen Gun. Tanks and troops advance and fire at buildings of water works. A water tank in the background.
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. A sign on a tree outside an S-1 building reads '8th Fighter Group Headquarters'. Tall palm trees in the background. The headquarters set in a grove of palm tress across the water. A jeep plows through mud. Tents in the camp area. A man walks across a road. An enlisted man tacks bulletins on a board. Clothes on a string. A medical tent. A man enters the tent. A sign on the tent reads 'Medic'.
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. An enlisted man clicks a photograph of four enlisted men at a camp area. A road in the camp area and a trailer stationary on the road. An ocean in the background. A grove of palm trees across the camp area. Tents in between the palm trees. Officers come out and walk on a rocky path.
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group, 36th Fighter Squadron on Morotai Island in Indonesia during World War II. A damaged gasoline trailer at a camp area. A bomb hole at the side the trailer. An ocean in the background. A United States Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft comes in for landing. A jeep and a truck drive past over a rough road. Enlisted men take showers in open air shower area. A sign on a tree reads '36th Fighter Squadron'. The camp area under the trees. Men unload gas drums from a truck. A dispensary tent. A medic bandages the wrist of an enlisted man. A Red Cross sign and 'Dispensary, 36th Ftr Sq.' written on the tent. Operations and Intelligence building. A man enters the building. Another man at work in the building. A foxhole in the tent area. The helmets of the enlisted men on the top of the foxhole. The men put on the helmets.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group on Morotai Island in Indonesia during World War II. A truck loaded with enlisted men (EM) moves in a camp area. Clothes on a string. A building. Men pack camp chairs in crates. A lineman climbs up a palm tree to remove communication lines. Another lineman removes insulators. An EM unscrews water pipes. The EM picks up a section of a pipe and walks out. A man removes a loudspeaker from a palm tree. An electrician removes a loudspeaker from a tree and gives it a man on the ground. A man on a tree remove wires. An EM takes apart a small table with a hatchet. A man puts articles in a file cabinet drawer.